The magistrate in Maastricht considers the prosecution inadmissible in the prosecution of managers and staff of eight coffee shops Maastricht for selling cannabis to foreigners. The police into question the validity of the residence criterion. The coffee shops say they do not want to discriminate by refusing compulsory foreigners, such as the municipality of them claims to combat drug tourism. The judge said that criminal law is not intended to serve the communal interest.

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